Lillian Susan Thomas

*drowning - Poem by Lillian Susan Thomas

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I knew about drowningLong before love taught me: Eyes, nose, mouth filled with water, Holding my breathUntil lungs screamed for airand my pulse crashed in my earsLike breakers on a rocky shore.From one near-drowning I feared deep waterAnd took until I was a teen to learn to swim.And so it was with love: One kiss and I knew How close to drowning love was.Should I take the plunge?